Asia

Malki Jungle Suraksha Scheme - launching India’s first ever conservation incentive programme to combat deforestation in the north Western Ghats

In its first year, this programme aims to establish conservation agreements on private lands in the Konkan region to forego landowners from leasing out their forests to logging contractors.

Orang-utans and gibbons compared: Implications of differences in feeding and behavioural ecology for conservation.

This project aims to understand the behaviour and ecology of the two Asian apes in a degraded peat-swamp forest and to use that information for the protection of the forest ecosystem through collaboration with Indonesian researchers and organisations.

Status and conservation of Himalayan Serow in Annapurna Conservation Area in Nepal.

The main aims of the project are to explore the status of Himalayan serow and change the local people attitude towards the conservation of this species in natural habitat.

An impact assessment on biodiversity conservation caused by massive hydroelectric projects in the lower reaches of the Jinsha Jiang (river)

This project aims to assess the impacts of huge hydroelectric projects on biodiversity and nature conservation through collecting and categorizing seed plants from the inundation areas of reservoirs.

Education on Biodiversity Conservation in the Walnut Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan

This project aims to raise the awareness of schoolchildren on biodiversity conservation through bird diversity education in 6 different schools of Arstanbap, Kaba and Kysulunkur forest enterprises

Enhancing protected area management in the northeast of Vietnam through cooperation among protected area authorities and local communities.

To identify the most feasible arrangements for cooperation among protected area authorities and local communities in order to achieve both nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods objectives.

The Great Bustard in Mongolia: From Conservation Biology to Land-Use Planning

Our goal is to increase knowledge of the critical habitat and population genetics of endangered Central Asian populations of the Great Bustard, concomitantly engaging local people in the research process and promoting awareness of this species in local communities.

Schools Awareness Program

The objective of the Program is to create an awareness amongst the children on the: 1)of the value of elephants, 2)their ecology, biology and physiology 3)their role in the religion and culture of the country; 4)that only a few elephants cause damage to crops and houses, and cause human fatalities; 5)of the need to conserve elephants for the future as part of their and the world’s heritage.

Rural Community Livelihood Incentives for Nature Conservation

The project aims to effectively mobilize the local communities for nature conservation through their capacity building.

The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Research Project:Monitoring ape populations in the Sabangau Forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

This project aims to design and implement an ecological-monitoring program in the Sabangau Forest that provides practical and constructive feedback for conservation management activities.